Cyclone Tracy demolished Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory when it struck during the night of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning, 1974. Over almost ten hours the small, intense, but slow-moving weather system left a swathe of destruction across the entire town. Few buildings escaped.
Sixty-six people died, many of them on vessels which put to sea, while many hundreds were injured.
The destruction of essential services made a reduction in the population of about 40, 000 imperative and what followed was the greatest peacetime evacuation of an Australian community with nearly 10, 000 leaving by road and more than 20, 000 evacuated by air.
But as some of these stories show, many stayed or returned quickly to help rebuild the city they loved. Every survivor has a story and just over 50 of them have responded to the invitation to tell theirs, some for the first time, in their own words.
We admire them for their resilience and thank them for their contribution to this remarkable collection.
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Tracy: 50 Years, 50 Stories
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Cyclone Selma
- Joan Andropov
- David Baker
- Alan Barham
- Sue Barrel
- Fiona Bekkers
- Freda Brocker
- Anne Brooks
- Keith Bushnell
- Graham Butterworth
- Pamela Cameron
- Carol Conway
- Yvonne Corby
- Norman Cramp
- Patsy Creswick
- Murray Dawson
- Jan Fanning
- Peter Garton
- Andrea Gordon
- Rodney Gregg
- Alan Haines
- Trish Hansen
- John Harrison
- Peter Hartney
- Steve Heal
- John Howard
- Jen Howsan
- Matthew James
- Keith Kroger
- Diana Kupke
- Michael Lo
- Geoff Loveday
- Peter Lyster
- Harry Maschke
- Therese McCubbin
- Leonie McNally
- Perry Matthews
- Ian Miller
- David Molesworth
- Susannah O’Brien
- Richard O’Sullivan
- Linda Parker
- Tom Pauling
- Marie-Louise Pearson
- Barbara Pottle
- Nerelee Scanlan
- Kerry Sharp
- Lyn Serventy
- Lex Silvester
- Barry Spencer
- Lloyd Stumer
- Jim Toomey
- Ray Vuillermin
- Rob Wesley-Smith
- Peter Whelan
- Sandra White
- Ted Whiteaker
- Robert Woodward
- Could It Happen Again?
- Index
- Back Cover
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